GE PATTERSON A CRY IN DESPERATION

oh yeah get your open your Bibles with me to the Gospel of Matthew chapter 14 and I would like for you to look with me verses 22 through 33 Matthew's Gospel chapter 14 if you have that say man let's read it together and straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship and to go before him unto the other side while he sent the multitudes away and when he had sent the multitudes away he went up into a mountain apart to pray and when the evening was come he was there alone but the ship was now in the midst of the sea tossed with waves for the wind was contrary and in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them walking on the sea and when the disciples saw him walking on the sea they were troubled saying it is a spirit and they cried out for fear but straightway Jesus spake unto them saying be of good cheer it is I be not afraid and Peter answered him and said lord if it be thou bid me come unto thee on the water and he said come and when Peter was come down out of the ship he walked on the water to go to Jesus but when he saw the wind boisterous he was afraid and beginning to sink he cried saying Lord that saved me and immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand and caught him and said unto Him o thou of little faith wherefore did thou doubt and when they were come into the ship the wind ceased then they that were in the ship came and worshiped him saying of a truth thou art the son of all right may the Lord out of blessing to the readers and heroes of his glorious word I want you especially to notice verse 30 but when he saw the wind boisterous he was afraid and beginning to sink he cried saying lord save me cry in desperation god bless you much as here is the noted Apostle Peter and he is in a situation where he recognizes that salvation for him can come from only one source and that is from the Lord Jesus Christ now when we deal with the topic of salvation the statement Lord saved me initially we would think automatically of one being saved from sin but I believe that at this point the Lord Jesus has already forgiven the sins of Peter as he has forgiven the sins of all of those who would be his followers and that is always the first act of salvation that he would save his people from sin but salvation involves not only being saved from sin but we are constantly needing his help to be saved from various situations somebody that's in here this morning listening at me you need to be saved but your salvation is the onslaught of a debilitating illness that has seized your body and you need God to save you from the ravages of that sickness illness or disease somebody else they are sinking with financial reverses one while you were walking upon the waters of your financial circumstances but some things have happened and now you see that whereas you used to could pay all of your bills and spend money for a few luxuries and have money left over now you find yourself at a point where just to be able to make ends meet is becoming difficult and you're crying out for God to save you from some financial reverses but regardless of what the situation is it is always admirable to recognize that your salvation will not come from any other source other than from Jesus Christ one of the old songs we used to sing when I was a youngster growing up with all that I need is in Jesus he satisfies joy he supplies life would be worthless without him all things and I know that sounds a little bit difficult to some folks how can you say that you can find all things in Christ but as you read God's glorious word you will find that this is exactly what the Bible teaches that you can not only find salvation in him but you can find healing in him Jehovah Rapha who is our great physician you can also find that in his own words in Matthew 6 and 33 he says seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and then all things all these things talking about material things will be added unto you in Philippians 4:19 the Apostle Paul says but my God shall supply ALL that little three-letter word that includes everything and excludes nothing my God shall supply all your needs according to what his riches in glory how by Christ Jesus everything we need one of the worst mistakes that anybody can make is to turn that back on Jesus oh my god I tell you that when you keep him in his rightful place I recall the story that they gave of a man who he was trying to get some things done and his little child was so busy and active and always getting in his way and so the man decided I know what I'll do I got this puzzle he'll have to spend some time working the puzzle so he gave the boy the puzzle knowing that was gonna keep him busy all the rest of the afternoon and he still probably wouldn't complete it in a few minutes the boy brought the puzzle back to him and said daddy it is how in the world as complicated as this puzzle is how did you work it so fast he said well you see on the back of this puzzle that was a picture of Jesus and once I got Jesus together then everything else fell in place and you see when we can really give Jesus his proper place you don't have to worry everything else will fall in place let me just touch upon this story a little bit and then we go into the communion table I might deal with it a little more extensively at the eleven o'clock service but we find here that Peter has just along with the rest of the disciples completed a great task which I spoke with you about on last Sunday which was the feeding of the 5,000 men not counting the women or the children and Jesus at the end of this feeding he sent his disciples away he told them to go to the other side of the sea and he himself went up into a mountain by himself to pray now here Jesus is up in the mountain praying his disciples are on board the ship enroute to the other side but as it will happen when you are sailing upon life's trouble see you are going to encounter some stones they encounter the storm while enroute to the other side and what is Jesus doing he's up in the mountain praying he's praying and the church is in trouble he's in solitude and they about to be swallowed up so they think now if they had really recognized who Jesus was they would not have had any fear because he had said that go to the other side and you've got to understand that it doesn't matter how many tempestuous waves may come against you if Jesus said that you are going to the other side I gotta tell you you gonna make it to the other side winds may blow and wattles may - CMake grip your heart but if the Lord said that your destination gives the other side tell every demon get out of the way because the master said that I'm going to the other side no here they are caught in a storm and while they are caught in the storm the wind is blowing and the waters are dashing in the pole and Jesus is still up in the mountain praying now you gotta understand that when they finished the world are feeding the multitude and sending them away it was still day probably mid afternoon but we understand from the reading of the narrative that once they are in the ship and they headed for the other side it's evening the shadows of darkness are starting to loom and here they are in the first watch of the night and the first watch of the night is between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. and here the storm sets in and the first watch of the night and Jesus didn't do a thing about it sometimes it looks like when your trouble first come on you he doesn't do a thing about heads the first watch of the night turned into the second watch 9:00 p.m. until midnight Jesus still didn't show up by this time you would imagine they're saying Lord how long am I going to have to endure how long am I going to have to battle against this stone but the second watch gave way to the third watch from midnight until 3:00 a.m. and Jesus still didn't come to that rescue he's yet in the mountain but the one thing you have to understand is that when you read this story from all of the corresponding Gospels you'll get the impression that although Jesus is in the mountain and they are out in the midst of the sea he is somewhere in the mountain at a vantage point where he can see what's going on out in the middle of the sea and you got to understand that even though he might not have come to your rescue he is at a point when he is looking on and he is not ignorant of what you're going through oh I know you said that that nobody cares and that my friends have deceived me and my loved ones have left me and Here I am battling the odds of life by myself and looked like nobody cares but I want you to know that Jesus is he's looking on I think you need to tell about three people around you you don't be discouraged he is looking at what's happening in your life Oh bless the name of the Lord he was watching did not respond in the first watch he didn't come to see them in the second watch didn't even come in the third watch but the third watch turns into the fourth watch and the fourth watch of the night is from 3 a.m. under 6 a.m. when I was just a little boy growing up I heard the old folks at our darkest hour is just before the break of day and when the storm was at its worst the wind had become Posterous in the waters dashing in the pool looks like that was no hall and all of a sudden when the hope appears even the hope is scary for here comes Jesus doing something that no man had ever been reported as doing here comes Jesus doing something that no human is even expected to do he comes to them walking on the water oh my god and now not only are they worn out from battling the waves but now they are absolutely scared I mean plain old scared they look out method do you see do you see what I see they know land around here that that must be old folks say I hate some y'all don't don't remember it but you know back in the day deikun cold and some others remember when we still had two newspapers and the commercial appeal had a character that was a cartoon character but he was supposed to be representative of a black man they called him hambone and and and hambone said once in one of those cartoon said some folks say they ain't no Hanks but I saw some I read for it and it won't that get rich for me and I won't that they didn't know what to think here are the spirit [Applause] sometimes when the Lord sends you your help you get scared of your help [Applause] somebody shows up that that's able to help you in in the job while you're working and first thing you scared of oh they brought them in here to take my job sometime all God's doing is giving you some help and you got to understand that that when God gives you anything you don't have to walk around in fear always afraid that everything is it's a gichun everything is gonna tear you down it comes their help and they're scattered until after a while somebody said oh I recognize that form but that's not a disembodied spirit that's Jesus and when the disciples agreed Peter who was always a little bit skeptical and a little bit quick to speed he hauled it out and said master if it's you bid me come to you walking on the water now here is a bold statement Lord I know you can do it but if you can do it I know the power that you've got demonstrate some of that power and let me do what you do Jesus said that if you believe on me the works that I do you'll do and you'll even do greater meaning you'll do more of what I'm doing because I can't be here long I'm going back to the Father but if you believe on me I'll let you do it and you'll do even great other numerically speaking Peter said let me come and look at what Jesus does he doesn't do anything but spread his word out like a magic carpet on the sea and simply says come some of us are waiting on the Lord to come down here and literally grip us and put us over here and put us over there but he's given us something that's powerful enough for you to get the way of it you need to get he's given us his word if you've got enough faith to step out on his word I declare you can walk in areas that seem to be impossible look at Peter he steps out of the boat I heard somebody said the boat represented the comfort zone even though they were in a storm he was still in a comfort zone some time the Lord insist you got to get out of your comfort zone hallelujah he stepped out of his comfort zone and I don't believe that he really stepped on the wave I believe he stepped on the word Jesus said calm and I'm gonna stand on the word and he had two things in his favor he had his seat on the word and he had his eyes planted on Jesus tell somebody fix your eyes on Jesus and plant cho seen on the world and impossible things will become possible I'm gonna lose from that but but I've got you've got to get that one look at some bad again and tell them keep your feet planted on the word and keep eyes on Jesus and even the impossible will become possible [Applause] [Music] as long as he kept his eyes on Jesus and kept his feet on the word he was able to walk even with the waves jumping but see this is the nature of your enemy this is the nature of trouble it has a tendency to make you take your eyes off of Jesus the wind now it's been whipping it had been blowing yeah but then there was a steady gait but all of a sudden Peter hears the whistling of a sudden gust of wind that must have been different to what he's been hearing all night and the Bible said when he saw the wind was Posterous in other words when the wind began the whipped by is in he took his eye off Jesus and tried to look at the wind you got to watch it when people are telling you honey you can't do this you can't do that and here you are doing it all the time you can't support a family with that little bit of money and you've been doing it for so many years you can't do this and you can't do that and the next thing you know you stop thinking about what they said and you take your eyes off of Jesus the one who is able to take a little bit and little become much in his hand when you take your eyes off of him and trouble begins to look bigger than it really is when you take your eyes off of him and the next thing you feet slide off of his word the only thing that will happen is that you'll do like Peter the Bible said beginning and I like the word beginning he didn't wait until the water got up around his waist he didn't wait till the water was on this chin he didn't wait until the water got over in here but when he felt it moving from his ankle toward his knee he said I'm not gonna wait for the outcome but right now I'm the one who'll enable beginning to see [Applause] somebody in here listening to me you just beginning you haven't gone under but you know it's not like it used to be I don't see you like I used to I don't have the money that I used to things are not as good as they used to be I haven't gone under but I feel myself beginning the sake you better do like Peter and I said before [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] I'm gonna quit [Applause] but the Bible saying immediately the Lord didn't let him go no father but as soon as he had sense enough to cry the Lord had mercy enough to deliver [Music] immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand [Music] [Applause] [Music] lift your old hands up and just I feel a lifting [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] I'm going to mystique [Music] but the old folk knew the secret that's why they said fine [Applause] I stretch my handy I don't know mama can't do it Saba can't do it spouse can't do it siblings can't do it coal workers can't do it No but Jesus can lift me nobody but Jesus can save me [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] I don't know who it is but when David got in trouble he said I'm gonna lift up my eyes Peter got in trouble he lifted his hands hmm tell somebody you need to lift your eyes and lift your hands to Jesus he's the only one that can lift you up [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] ah [Music] let's see the table [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] [Music] let us pray gracious father God we just thank you today God we just thank you God again for your son Jesus we thank you for his precious blood Lord Jesus blood that has power to save power to wash and me clean the power to heal our bodies and God would just think you're right now hallelujah Lord Jesus who thank you for his sacrifice hallelujah hallelujah when we were with when we were with seeing in our lives Christ died for the ungodly God commended his love toward us and that while we were yet sinners Jesus died and God we thank you for this time God even as we entered in this time ticket from his natural to his spiritual use let it heal our bodies Lord Jesus and God right now we thank you again for the privilege to stand here in your sight we give you the praise we give you the glory we give you the honor amen [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] then he took the bread and he blessed it and he broken and said this is my body that was broken for you let it saw eat [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] after the same manner also he took the cup after supper saying this cup in the New Testament in my blood but all fish's drinking the remembers I mean for all the feet of this bread and drink of this cup you do show for the lowest death until he calms she'll be doing [Music] as our deacons show come at this time and missionaries take your places and we shall all either buy lords broken body and drink of his shed blood [Music] we say to our visiting friends that you are welcome to partake of communion with us the law does not have a separate body for the Church of God in Christ and another for the Baptist's and another for the Methodists and another for the Apostolic but he says examine yourselves whether you be in the faith and if you know that you are truly a believer in Jesus Christ we welcome you to share communion with us so everyone on the main level you may stand at this time on the main level the ushers will lead you out from your right you'll come and receive the bread that you'll receive the cup then you'll discard the cup with the missionary and continue back to your seat on the left side of your section those of you who are in the rises when the elements are before you the ashes will lead your section into the line and you do not need to stand until your section is ready to be served in the rises [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] oh Jesus Oh [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] Oh [Applause] [Music] the Lord hallelujah alright there's still a few more that's being served in the rises praise the name of Jesus [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] come on and give the Lord a hand to praise everybody I want to at this time extend the invitation opening the door of the church that if there is one person in this building who doesn't know Jesus and the pardoning of your sins if you're president you're already saved but you believe that this is where the Lord would have you to cast your lot in number ship the door of the church is open and all you need to do is get up from wherever you are and walk down the nearest aisle though your sins be as scarlet according to the prophet Isaiah they shall be made white as snow maybe as crimson but they shall be as wool all you need to do is come to Jesus just like you are weary wounded and sad you will find in him a resting place god bless you young man [Music] [Applause] [Music] is they another [Applause] [Music] bless you my sister it's all to the My blessed say [Music] is there another bless you my sister go of the churches open this is your time [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] commish I'm just gonna shake hands with each one of you I want you to go to where elder Brown is standing there god bless you my sister phrase there's another one it's not too late the door was open come and be saved come and make this your church [Music] I'm blessed my blessed see Surinder [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] - the blessed [Music] alright well give the law to hand the tree oh I'm glad to know y'all love me enough to give me such a warm hand now give the law to hand the fray hallelujah glory glory goal [Music] where are they evolved brain long enough [Applause] [Music] breathes a matter well this time now for the Ministry of giving deacons are coming this is the first Sunday in this month of February and I trust that everybody will start this month off right

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